Con Humor

Samantha is a professional seductress and con artist with a heart of gold. If she talked about her work, she’d tell you she only pilfers organs for medical research and that she only takes one kidney, and she only steals those kidneys from dishonest people. It’s hell on her social life. Abe is the doctor and Sam's partner in crime. He isn’t much of a criminal. Except for the kidney stealing. But he’s using that money to fund his research that he anticipates will be able to cure diabetes. So, all for a good cause...? You decide. Of course, it's hell on his social life.

It's his senior year, and Will Shea has conned his way into one of the country's most elite prep schools. But he soon runs into Andrea, a fellow con artist. With the school not big enough for the both of them, they make a bet that whoever can con Brandt Rush, the richest, most privileged student in the school, out of $50,000 gets to stay at the school. Will starts setting up his con (an online poker scam) with his uncle, who's one of the best grifters in the business, and with the unwanted help of his father.

A mitad de su viaje alrededor del mundo, Patricia Fisher se siente relajada y feliz del brazo del capitán Alistair Huntley. Sin embargo, pronto la paz se ve interrumpida cuando se encuentra otra tarjeta de visita. Ya llevan semanas apareciendo, prueba de que alguien ha estado entrando en las suites de la cubierta superior. Pero no se ha robado nada ni parece haberse cometido ningún delito. Seguro hay algo más. El Aurelia está acogiendo un evento televisivo en directo como el mayor espectáculo de la India; las Estrellas de la Danza suben a bordo para el viaje de Chennai a Mumbai. Hay un...

Hornear. Puede matar a alguien. “Cuando Steve Higgs escribe, lo hace de maravilla. Me encuentro riendo a carcajadas y con frecuencia”. Cuando un superintendente de detectives retirado decide hacer un tour culinario por las Islas Británicas, espera encontrar sabrosos manjares y deliciosos pasteles... lo que encuentra es la pista de un crimen en los ingredientes de su pastel de puerco. Su perro, Rex Harrison, un ex perro policía despedido por tener una mala actitud, no puede entender por qué los humanos se esfuerzan por resolver el misterio. Él ya puede oler la respuesta: está ...

It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone but the IRS. After her accountant absconded with her life savings, newly bankrupt Poppy is on the verge of losing her home when an old flame, now a hotshot producer, gives her a surprising way out: a job in costumes on a Hollywood film set. It’s a bold move to pack her bags, keep secrets from her daughter, and head to Los Angeles, but Poppy's a capable person—how hard can a job in wardrobe be?

Comic book artist Mike Mason arrives at San Diego Comic-Con seeking sanctuary with other fans and creators - and maybe to reunite with his ex - but when his rival is found murdered, he becomes the prime suspect. To clear his name, Mike will have to navigate every corner of the con, from zombie obstacle courses and cosplay flash mobs to intrusive fans and obsessive collectors, in the process unraveling a dark secret behind one of the industry's most legendary creators.

FBI special agent Kate O’Hare has made it her mission to nail international con artist Nicolas Fox. When she discovers his plot to plunder a venture capitalist’s 20th-story Chicago penthouse of all its cash and treasures while the self-proclaimed "King of Hostile Takeovers" is getting married, Kate is 85 percent - okay maybe 92 percent - sure that she’s finally going to bag Nick Fox. Problem is, first Kate has to convince her boss, building security, and maybe even herself, that wedding planner Merrill Stubing is actually Nicolas Fox. Second, she has to figure out how to corner and capture him without disrupting the event of the year.

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Southern belle BeBe Loudermilk has lost all her worldly possessions, thanks to a brief but disastrous relationship with the gorgeous Reddy, an "investment counselor" who turns out to be a con man. All that's left is a ramshackle 1950s motel on Tybee Island, an eccentric beach town that calls itself a drinking village with a fishing problem.

Wrath. Vengeance. Payback. Is there a problem here? Oh yes, her name is Sofia. Leo My plan was simple: REVENGE. I'm not a peaceful man. Clenched jaw, cracked knuckles, astronomically high blood pressure - that's me in a nutshell. So when a rival crime family snatches a two-million dollar heist from under my nose, revenge is what they have coming, in spades. I’d trap my enemy's niece in my next heist, then feed her to the feds. Except instead of fooling her, I got caught in her spell - or perfect ex-ballerina body and the mind-blowing sex. It was supposed to be the perfect con. Where the ...

Si te gustan los misterios divertidos, ¡te encantará Patricia Fisher! Mientras el Aurelia se acerca a Atenas, un nuevo miembro de la tripulación es encontrado muerto en su camarote junto a una pistola y desplomado sobre una nota de suicidio. Parece trágico, pero algo sospechoso. Sin embargo, se trata del sobrino del capitán, Julián, que sólo lleva seis días a bordo, y algo en la nota de suicidio hace que a Patricia le salten las alarmas. Con la desobediente perra, Anna, el leal mayordomo, Jermaine, y todos sus amigos de apoyo, su detective aficionada favorita pronto descubrirá una ...

Cuando un encuentro fortuito con un carterista conduce a algo más siniestro, la ávida detective, Patricia Fisher, entrará en acción. El Aurelia se dirige a Tailandia, pero una misteriosa enfermedad se extiende entre la tripulación y los pasajeros. ¿Existe una relación entre esta y un inmunólogo de fama mundial que se encuentra a bordo? Hay algo muy extraño en sus compañeros y en su comportamiento. Pero nadie quiere escuchar las extravagantes teorías de Patricia. Cuando las personas que le importan se unen al creciente número de enfermos, Patricia no ve otra opción más que ...

Conviértete en una potencia comunicativa irresistibleVa mucho más allá de la palabra hablada. Lo que tienes que decir verbalmente es sólo una pequeña parte de lo que se necesita para cautivar a tus oyentes y ganarte al mundo.

Patricia Fisher, de 53 años, es un imán de problemas inigualable, un triste hecho que ha llegado a aceptar durante su crucero de tres meses alrededor del mundo. Dondequiera que vaya, aparecen cadáveres, o alguien es secuestrado, o descubre accidentalmente un complot para derrocar al gobierno. La vida ya no es aburrida para Patricia. Pero cuando llega a su casa en Inglaterra, planea comenzar un nuevo capítulo de su vida. Por supuesto, le espera un caso: el asesinato de su antigua mejor amiga, la exitosa empresaria Maggie Jeffries. Sin embargo, no es la investigación sencilla que ella ...

Siguiendo el rastro de un criminal, un detective retirado y su antiguo perro policía esperan pasar un rato tranquilo en el pueblo de Keswick, Cumbria. Sin embargo, cuando Rex capta un olor al llegar a su B&B... el descubrimiento de un cuerpo en una tumba poco profunda les hace entrar en un misterio que alguien no quiere que se resuelva. Con la ayuda de una detective aficionada local y su perro, nuestro dúo de cazadores de misterios se dispone a investigar dos casos al mismo tiempo. Por el camino identificarán a una serie de posibles sospechosos y tendrán que responder a algunas grandes ...

No haram behavior, Sager's father told him when he left for the university: No alcohol. No gambling. No indiscretion with women. Sager was three for three. He'd done 'em all. Teri and Sager were from different worlds. They met at the Crawl Back Inn. Not the worst place in town, but you could see it from there. After the business in Bisbee reaches a dead end, Trinity is hired to take Sager home. Where's Sager's home? Abu Dhabi. And that's the other side of the world. Trinity can handle blowhards, bouncers, and self-styled sadhus. But jet-lag is a bitch. Cool, sympathetic, funny.

Después del drama en Biggleswade, nuestro dúo de cazadores de crímenes se dirige a York al concurso anual de pudines de Yorkshire y un merecido descanso… … Bueno, no es posible porque interrumpen un violento robo antes de llegar al lugar. Cuando Albert se da cuenta de que se ha topado con algo mucho más grande que un simple atraco al azar, decide, por una vez, dejar la resolución del crimen a los lugareños. El destino, sin embargo, se ríe de sus planes y le empuja a él y a su fiel compañero canino, Rex Harrison, al centro de los acontecimientos justo cuando el primer cadáver ...

Destination: nowhere. Just what are the career alternatives for a disenchanted flight attendant? And after a decade of wrong choices, can she finally grow up? Gretchen Barnett, slogging daily through the unfriendly skies on Nickel and Dime, America's most loathed budget airline, tries to upgrade her life as her twenties draw to an end. In desperation, she applies to the NYPD. And a chance encounter with a stranger on a malfunctioning escalator in New York's Union Square seems to be the escape she needs. Charming, supportive, honest, romantic, a poet, even: all the things Maximus Voo turns ...

Years on from Trainspotting Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions within the Adult industries, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton.